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> Is it really entitlement to think that you should be able to get a better job with an advanced degree than with barely a high school education? Yes. What do
by anamax 17y ago
> Is it really entitlement to think that you should be able to get a better job with an advanced degree than with barely a high school education?
Yes.
What does your advanced degree tell employers about your ability and motivation to solve their problems? (Yes, the answer depends on the employer and your degrees.)
That's the relevant question because employers don't care about your problems. They care about their problems. (Customers are the same way.)
If someone told you that your degree would say something that it isn't saying, you need to talk with them.
- wvenable 17y ago> What does your advanced degree tell employers about your ability and motivation to solve their problems? For many years that was the point of a degree. It didn't really matter the subject of degree to get a job; people with degrees were seen as more motivated and better problem solvers. And it was probably true: getting a degree was hard, expensive, and very few people did it. It selected you out as someone worth employing. Of course, because that's true more and more people started to go to school to get degrees. In fact, programs were created so many people could get degrees as possible. High schools dropped shop classes and focused on getting every student into higher education. Higher education itself got a little easier to accommodate these students. The result is that now a large portion of the population go to college and university but the selective nature of higher education no longer exists. It's still being sold to students exactly the same way but the benefit for employers is gone.